LOT 2992
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. Circa 121-113 BC. Ake-Ptolemais mint.
Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched hand and long sceptre; crescent above, monogram of ΔYΡ in left field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. Near Extremely Fine. Nice toning with golden iridescence in fields.(16.24gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 2992
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater. Circa 410-375 BC.
Estimate: £650 - 850 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £325
Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to right / ΚΕΛΕΝ, goat kneeling to left, head to right; all within shallow incuse circle. Casabonne Type 4; Celenderis -; SNG BnF 75 = Traité II, 1477. 10.75gr, 20mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1993. -
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AE 22mm. Dated SE 174 (137/8 BC). Antiochia on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Prow of a galley to right; above, pilei of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟY EYEPΓETOY, trident ornamented with two dolphins downward; to outer left, monogram; below, ΔOP (date). HGC 9, 1085. 9.03gr, 22mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Kolophon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; lyre in left field, A beneath throne. Price 1769. 4.00gr, 19mm, 10h.
Good Fine. Area of corrosion on reverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025.
